I first fell for Handler a few summers ago when her first book My Horizontal Life The book appealed to me because of the original concept and because I didn't think anyone could seriously write an entire book on his or her one night stands. Handler not only wrote an entire book on her one night stands, but she wrote a hysterical memoir on an unusual concept. It was easy to relate to the book even if the reader couldn't fill the book the same way. Ex's and friends stories seemed evident in the chapters.
Her next book, Are you there Vodka? It's me Chelsea was also good but not quite as good as her first book. At his point she was also on TV and I was getting my fix weekly so perhaps that contributed. I still liked this book a lot though which is why I was looking forward to a third book.
I hate to say this, but the newest book was pretty disappointing. I'm almost at the point where I don't know how much of what she writes is for comedic affect and how much is actually true. Either way the newest book didn't really have any flow. I enjoyed most of the stories but it seemed a bit forced. It seemed as though she felt she had to put out a third book and they couldn't come up with a real concept so they threw a bunch of stuff together and bound it.
I'm still a big fan of Chelsea Handler, really wish I could see her live sometime, but I hope if she does put out a forth book she goes back to her old creative energy instead of this newer busy and lacking energy.
Current Read: Perfect Fifth's by Megan McCafferty
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